Wise words we should remember.

Just like PS, once they are “incorporated” into pay rates they are gone forever under ladder bargaining.

The negotiators were brilliant in getting all the soft pay adds last contract; it materially raises our pay while not making the bottom line pay raises an issue for the non-contract employees. Of course the company could avoid much of this soft pay by avoiding the behavior it was designed to reduce, but they haven’t/can’t/won’t.